Thanks falko,
I could not find anything that relates to owner or group in the etc/apache2/httpd.conf only when I right click on under ownership:
user root
group root
Maybe i am looking at the wrong file or folder.
I have just noticed something else.
There is no .htaccess file but instead htaccess.txt.
I cannot reach the site from
www.mysite.co.uk but I can from
www.mysite.co.uk/index.php.
And another funny thing. I copied mysite folder from my windows server on to a disc so that i could transfer it to my Linux server. I opened the folder and the .htaccess file was missing (something weird going on)
shajazzi